General Riddles

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

I have just one, but with eight to spare, I am usually friendly, but I sometimes act like I don't care. What am I?
A cat (9 lives).

A slice of cake costs $3 if it is cut into two pieces. How much will it cost if it is cut into seven pieces?
$3. As the entire slice costs $3, it doesn't matter how many pieces it is cut into.

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

When I get multiplied by any number the sum of the figures in the product is always me. Who I am?
9 e.g. 9 X 6 = 54; 5 + 4= 9

A headless man had a letter to write; It was read by a man who had lost his sight. The dumb repeated it word for word; And deaf was he who listened and heard. Solve this riddle.
The letter in question is the letter "O". It is zero. The man had nothing to write. The blind could read nothing. The person who was dumb could repeat nothing. The deaf man listened and heard nothing.

Why did the boy go to his bedroom with a pencil?
He wanted to draw the curtains.

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

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